How To "Grow" New Supply Of Nickel For EV Batteries

22 Sep 2024 | Abstracted from CleanTechnica

"...plants grow on high-pH, metalliferous soils and absorb over 100 times the amounts of nickel in their roots, stems and foliage, compared to non-hyperaccumulating plants

"...its Odontarrhena chalcidica blows past the 1% mark, yielding concentrations up to 2%. That's on par with the nickel concentration in conventional ores."

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